Year Of Mercy

The first reading of the 31st Sunday in ordinary time was taken from the book of Wisdom. The first couple verses should have taken your breath away. It certainly took mine. It said, “To you Lord, the entire universe is ...

Mercy And Compassion And Jesus said, “Of course I want to, and he touched him and said be cured.” One of the main characteristics of mercy is that of compassion. All through the gospel we see that Jesus is always ...

Mercy, Respect And Right Choice As we continue along the theme of mercy in this year of mercy, we will continue looking at the Gospel from Saint Luke 5: 12:16, where a leper encounters Jesus, the face of God’s mercy. ...

Mercy Is Approcahable The Gospel reading for today January 8th, 2016, is taken from Luke 5: 12 – 16. It is one of those stories that you would have heard quite a number of times but almost every time it ...

Give thanks to the Lord for He is good for his mercy endures forever. This is one of my favorite statements in the Bible and many psalms begin with this line, give thanks to the Lord for He is good ...

It gave me a great joy when I learned the Holy Father Pope Francis declared a year of mercy for the universal Church. Mercy comes from the heart of God. But what exactly is mercy? I sometimes think of mercy ...

We were created to be the presence of God’s mercy to each other. In announcing the extraordinary year of mercy Pope Francis shared his vision of Mercy. He said we need to constantly contemplate the mystery of mercy. It is ...

Today, the Holy Roman Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, through whom was born the Savior of the world. It is no accident that these two major events co-inside. After all, Mary ...

Vatican City, Dec 7, 2015 / 05:00 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- One of the central aims of the Jubilee of Mercy will be to reorient the Sacrament of Confession back to the center of the Church’s pastoral life, explained one official ...